So I just read the latest development in Fox's reboot of Fantastic Four and already the change to Doctor Doom is adding more salt to the wound of many Fantastic Four fans:
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=110856#comments
And while I was tempted to get my fanboy knickers in a twist, I remembered that I recently saw Big Hero 6 last weekend and really loving how Disney took the relatively obscure team and completely changed everything about them to create a smash success. I enjoyed the movie and loved how the story went, but maybe in that case I had no idea about the original comic so I couldn't really complain.
Also, we gotta take into account just how much change had to be made in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, many of which are too numerous to count. And yet I'm completely ok with what's going on here while I find myself cursing Fox and wishing they'd finally just give up on FF and give it back to Marvel.
So now I'm wondering if I'm being a hypocrite for being miffed at the changes to Fantastic Four, yet completely open to the changes of Big Hero 6 and the MCU. The best in me is telling me to keep an open mind, but then when you take a licensed property and change everything beyond recognition, you have to wonder what the point of obtaining the license in the first place would be. And I feel that at this point Fox may have alienated just about every Fantastic Four fan that could've helped make their money back.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=110856#comments
And while I was tempted to get my fanboy knickers in a twist, I remembered that I recently saw Big Hero 6 last weekend and really loving how Disney took the relatively obscure team and completely changed everything about them to create a smash success. I enjoyed the movie and loved how the story went, but maybe in that case I had no idea about the original comic so I couldn't really complain.
Also, we gotta take into account just how much change had to be made in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, many of which are too numerous to count. And yet I'm completely ok with what's going on here while I find myself cursing Fox and wishing they'd finally just give up on FF and give it back to Marvel.
So now I'm wondering if I'm being a hypocrite for being miffed at the changes to Fantastic Four, yet completely open to the changes of Big Hero 6 and the MCU. The best in me is telling me to keep an open mind, but then when you take a licensed property and change everything beyond recognition, you have to wonder what the point of obtaining the license in the first place would be. And I feel that at this point Fox may have alienated just about every Fantastic Four fan that could've helped make their money back.